Factories, grain elevators, warehouses, power plants – reminders of our industrial inheritance are all around us. But what happens to those buildings after the final shift ends and the lights go out for the last time?
Grain silos in the U.S.
Le Silo, Marseille
Silo apartments, Buenos Aires
The Hearn Generating Station, Toronto
El Matadero, Madrid
Ruin bars, Budapest
Rochdale Canal Warehouse, Manchester
Ce De Candy Company, Toronto
Peaks Mason Mints Factory, Brooklyn
A global phenomenon
Sometimes the buildings remain abandoned, left to crumble and sink back into the Earth. Other times, developers and artists look at decrepitude and see opportunity, and repurpose these decaying structures for vibrant new uses. The 22 images above present that extraordinary story.
Next, check out seven creepy abandoned cities around the world. Then, step inside four abandoned nuclear testing sites that humans destroyed even worse than Chernobyl.
